How do you pronounce "Bowdoin?"

Colleges and Universities A-Z Bowdoin College
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<p>I live in the midwest and I am interested in Bowdoin college. However, nobody here ever talks about New England LAC’s, so I have no idea of how to pronounce Bowdoin.</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.bowdoin.edu/about/history/name.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bowdoin.edu/about/history/name.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>or (if you don't want to read all that):
"bow" (like for your hair)-"din"</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.bowdoin.edu/about/history/name.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bowdoin.edu/about/history/name.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>crosspost</p>